InTune | November 2021

THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY MAGAZINE

NOVEMBER 2021

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WONDERFUL WORLD: THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG SONGBOOK

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HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD PLAYS RAVEL

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TCHAIKOVSKY’S SLEEPING BEAUTY

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November 5, 6 & 7

November 19, 20 & 21

November 26, 27 & 28

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Your Houston Symphony

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Programs

Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Songbook

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November 19, 20 & 21 ����������������������������������������������������� 18 Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty

November 26, 27 & 28 �����������������������������������������������������24

Our Supporters

Houston Symphony Donors ���������������������������������������������������34 Young Associates Council ��������������������������������������������������������39 Corporate, Foundation, & Government Partners ��������40 Legacy Society �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 43 Musician Sponsorships ������������������������������������������������������������� 44

Hélène Grimaud Plays Ravel

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YOUR SYMPHONY EXPERIENCE JONES HALL

ETIQUETTE

Sixty-six foot ceilings, scarlet carpet, and travertine marble greet visitors to Jones Hall, the home of the Houston Symphony. Opened in 1966, Jones Hall has a uniquely designed movable ceiling that enables the auditorium to shrink or expand from approximately 2,150 to 2,700 seats.

For Classical concerts, if a work has several movements it is traditional to hold applause until the end of the last movement. If you are unsure when a piece ends, check the program or wait for the conductor to face the audience. If you feel truly inspired, however, do not be afraid to applaud! Brief applause between movements after an exceptional performance is always appreciated.

DEVICES Please silence all electronic devices before the performance. Photography and audio/video recordings of these performances are strictly prohibited.

FOOD & DRINK POLICY Encore Café offers a selection of prepackaged food options, and wine, beer, and mixed drinks are available at bars throughout the lobby. Please note that, in accordance with current safety plans, food and drinks are prohibited in the auditorium for all performances. Patrons may unmask while eating or drinking in bar areas only.

LOST AND FOUND For lost and found inquiries, please contact Front of House Coordinator Freddie Piegsa during the performance. He also can be reached at freddie.piegsa@houstonsymphony.org.

You also may contact Houston First after the performances at 832.487.7050.

CHILDREN Children ages 6 and up are welcome to all Classical, Bank of America POPS, and Symphony Special concerts. Children of all ages are welcome at PNC Family Series performances. Children must have a ticket for all ticketed events.

LATE SEATING Each performance typically allows for late seating, which is scheduled in intervals and determined by the conductor. Our ushers and Front of House Coordinator will instruct you on when late seating is allowed.

TICKETS Subscribers to six or more Classical or Bank of America POPS concerts, as well as PNC Family Subscribers, may exchange their tickets at no cost. Tickets to Symphony Specials or single ticket purchases are ineligible for exchange or refund.

If you are unable to make a performance, your ticket may be donated prior to the concert for a tax-donation receipt. Donations and exchanges may be made in person, over the phone, or online.

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OROZCO-ESTRADA MUSIC DIRECTOR

ROY AND LILLIE CULLEN CHAIR

Energy, elegance, and spirit—that is what particularly distinguishes Andrés Orozco-Estrada as a musician. Since the 2020–21 Season, he has brought these strengths to bear as principal conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he has been Music Director of the Houston Symphony since the 2014–15 Season, and after eight outstanding years, the 2021–22 Season will be his last as Music Director.

Orozco-Estrada was principal conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra from September 2014 to July 2021 and said goodbye in June 2021 with a major concert at the Alte Oper, about which the Frankfurter Rundschau wrote: "The image of a balance of human impeccability, communicative passion, and the highest professionalism emerged.It is precisely the combination of dancelike playfulness and an unconditional search for perfection that obviously distinguishes the Colombian's work."

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including the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and the Orchestre National de France, as well as major U.S. orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has also conducted concerts and opera performances at the Berlin State Opera and the Salzburg Festival with outstanding success.

In the 2021–22 Season, he tours with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra for the first time in Austria, Europe, and Asia.

Additionally, he conducts a new production with his orchestra at the Theater an der Wien and takes the podium at the open-air concert in the Museumsquartier.

Orozco-Estrada also appears with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin, and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, where he will conduct the New Year's Concert 2021–22 and a revival of Tosca, as well as with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai. Also this season, he tours with the Filarmonica della Scala to Bucharest, the Grafenegg Festival, and to the Dvořák Prague International Music Festival, where the orchestra will open the festival under his direction, accompanied by a TV broadcast.

Orozco-Estrada is particularly committed to new concert and media formats, as well as premieres of young composers.

The inaugural concert with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra featured the world

premiere of a commissioned composition

by Dutch composer Carlijn Metselaar.

Another world premiere of a work by the Austrian composer Johannes Maria Staud follows in 2022.

The Wiener Symphoniker Youth Talent also recently celebrated its premiere. There will be another Wiener Symphoniker Youth Talent in June 2022.

Working with young musicians is very close to his heart, and in 2019 he went on tour in Europe with the Filarmónica Joven de Colombia, of which he has been principal conductor since 2021. Since November 2018, Orozco-Estrada has also been principal conductor of the Freixenet Symphony Orchestra of the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, Spain. He will tour Europe with both orchestras in the 2021–22 Season.

His CD releases on the Pentatone label have received much attention: with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, he made recordings of Stravinsky's Firebird and Rite of Spring, which were praised by critics as "hauntingly beautiful" (Gramophone). His concert recordings of Richard Strauss's operas Salome and Elektra have also enjoyed great success.

With the Houston Symphony, he released a “zestful” Dvořák cycle “with warm colours” (Pizzicato). He has also recorded all Brahms and Mendelssohn symphonies.

Born in Medellín (Colombia), Andrés Orozco-Estrada began his musical education by playing the violin, receiving his first conducting lessons at age 15. In 1997, he moved to Vienna, where he was accepted into the conducting class of Uroš Lajovic, a student of the legendary Hans Swarowsky, at the renowned Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst. OrozcoEstrada lives in Vienna.

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ROSTER

ORCHESTRA Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Juraj Valčuha Music Director Designate Steven Reineke Principal POPS Conductor Robert Franz Associate Conductor Yue Bao Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation

Assistant Conductor Betsy Cook Weber Director, Houston Symphony Chorus

FIRST VIOLIN Yoonshin Song, Concertmaster Max Levine Chair Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Ellen E. Kelley Chair Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Fondren Foundation Chair Marina Brubaker Tong Yan MiHee Chung Sophia Silivos Rodica Gonzalez Ferenc Illenyi Si-Yang Lao Kurt Johnson Christopher Neal Sergei Galperin

VIOLA Joan DerHovsepian, Acting Principal Wei Jiang, Acting Associate Principal George Pascal*, Assistant Principal Sheldon Person Fay Shapiro Daniel Strba* Phyllis Herdliska

Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair

SECOND VIOLIN MuChen Hsieh, Principal Amy Semes, Associate Principal Annie Kuan-Yu Chen Mihaela Frusina Jing Zheng Martha Chapman Tianjie Lu Anastasia Ehrlich Tina Zhang Boson Mo COMMUNITY-EMBEDDED MUSICIANS David Connor, double bass Rainel Joubert, violin

ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS Luke Bryson Hae-a Lee

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CELLO Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Janice and Thomas Barrow Chair Christopher French, Associate Principal Anthony Kitai Louis-Marie Fardet Jeffrey Butler Maki Kubota Xiao Wong Charles Seo Jeremy Kreutz DOUBLE BASS Robin Kesselman, Principal Timothy Dilenschneider, Associate Principal Mark Shapiro Eric Larson Andrew Pedersen Burke Shaw Donald Howey STAGE PERSONNEL

Stefan Stout, Stage Manager José Rios, Assistant Stage Manager Nicholas DiFonzo, Justin Herriford, Armando Rodriguez, Stage Technicians Giancarlo Minotti, Recording Assistant

FLUTE Aralee Dorough, Principal General Maurice Hirsch Chair Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Judy Dines Kathryn Ladner PICCOLO Kathryn Ladner OBOE Jonathan Fischer, Principal Lucy Binyon Stude Chair Anne Leek, Associate Principal Colin Gatwood Adam Dinitz ENGLISH HORN Adam Dinitz CLARINET Mark Nuccio, Principal Thomas LeGrand, Associate Principal Christian Schubert Alexander Potiomkin E-FLAT CLARINET Thomas LeGrand BASS CLARINET Alexander Potiomkin Tassie and Constantine S. Nicandros Chair BASSOON Rian Craypo, Principal Issac Schultz, Associate Principal Elise Wagner Adam Trussell CONTRABASSOON Adam Trussell

HORN William VerMeulen, Principal Mr. and Mrs. Alexander K. McLanahan Endowed Chair Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Brian Thomas Nancy Goodearl Ian Mayton TRUMPET Mark Hughes, Principal George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Chair John Parker, Associate Principal Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Richard Harris TROMBONE Bradley White, Acting Principal Phillip Freeman BASS TROMBONE Phillip Freeman* TUBA Dave Kirk, Principal TIMPANI Leonardo Soto, Principal Matthew Strauss, Associate Principal PERCUSSION Brian Del Signore, Principal Mark Griffith Matthew Strauss HARP Megan Conley, Principal KEYBOARD Scott Holshouser, Principal LIBRARIAN Thomas Takaro *on leave

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TRUSTEES

2021–22 SEASON

SOCIETY BOARD of

Executive Committee John Rydman President Steven P. Mach Chairman

Janet F. Clark Immediate Past President Mike S. Stude Chairman Emeritus Paul Morico General Counsel

Barbara McCelvey Secretary John Mangum^ Executive Director/CEO Margaret Alkek Williams Chair

Barbara J. Burger Chair, Finance Brad W. Corson Chair, Governance & Leadership Evan B. Glick Chair, Popular Programming Lidiya Gold Co-Chair, Development Sippi Khurana Chair, Education Mary Lynn Marks Chair, Volunteers & Special Events Robert Orr Chair, Strategic Planning

Leslie Siller* President, Houston Symphony League Manolo Sánchez Chair, Marketing & Communications Ed Schneider Chair, Community Partnerships Miles O. Smith Chair, Artistic & Orchestra Affairs William J. Toomey II* President, Houston Symphony Endowment Bobby Tudor* Immediate Past Chairman

Jesse B. Tutor Chair, Audit Andrés Orozco-Estrada^ Music Director Roy and Lillie Cullen Chair Adam Dinitz^ Musician Representative Mark Hughes^ Musician Representative Mark Nuccio^ Musician Representative Kathryn Ladner^ Musician Representative Katie Salvatore* Assistant Secretary ^Ex-Officio

GOVERNING DIRECTORS Marcia Backus Gary Beauchamp Tony Bradfield Bill Bullock Barbara J. Burger Terry Cheyney Janet F. Clark Lidiya Gold Rick Jaramillo Sippi Khurana, M.D. Carey Kirkpatrick Kenny Kurtzman Rochelle Levit, Ph.D. Cora Sue Mach **

Steven P. Mach Rodney Margolis** Jay Marks ** Mary Lynn Marks Billy McCartney Barbara McCelvey Paul R. Morico Robert Orr Chris Powers John Rydman** Miles O. Smith Quentin Smith Anthony Speier William J. Toomey II

Bobby Tudor ** Betty Tutor ** Jesse B. Tutor ** Judith Vincent Margaret Alkek Williams **

Ex-Officio Brad W. Corson Adam Dinitz Evan B. Glick Mark Hughes John Mangum Mark Nuccio Andrés Orozco-Estrada Kathryn Ladner Manolo Sánchez Ed Schneider Leslie Siller

FRIENDS OF JONES HALL REPRESENTATIVES Ronald G. Franklin

Steven P. Mach

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Barbara McCelvey

Robert Orr

TRUSTEES Jonathan Ayre Janice Barrow ** David J. Beck James M. Bell Jr. Devinder Bhatia, M.D. Nancy Shelton Bratic Terry Ann Brown** Eric Brueggeman Ralph Burch Dougal Cameron John T. Cater** Michael H. Clark Virginia Clark Evan D. Collins, M.D., MBA Brad W. Corson Andrew Davis, Ph.D. Denise Davis Tracy Dieterich Bob Duff Joan Duff Jeffrey B. Firestone Eugene A. Fong Aggie L. Foster Julia Anderson Frankel Ronald G. Franklin Evan B. Glick

Gary L. Hollingsworth Stephen Incavo, M.D. Brian James I. Ray Kirk, M.D. David Krieger Andrew Go Lee, M.D. Ulyesse J. LeGrange** Carlos J. López Michael Mann, M.D. Jack Matzer Jackie Wolens Mazow Alexander K. McLanahan** Marilyn Miles Shane A. Miller Aprill Nelson Tammy Tran Nguyen Leslie Nossaman Scott Nyquist Edward Osterberg Jr. David Pruner Gloria G. Pryzant Miwa Sakashita Manolo Sánchez Ed Schneider Christian Schwartz Dilanka Seimon

Helen Shaffer** Robert B. Sloan, D.D., Theol.

Jim R. Smith Mike S. Stude ** Ishwaria Subbiah, M.D. L. Proctor (Terry) Thomas III Shirley W. Toomim Margaret Waisman, M.D. Fredric A. Weber Mrs. S. Conrad Weil Robert Weiner Vicki West Steven J. Williams Frank Wilson David J. Wuthrich Ellen A. Yarrell Robert Yekovich Ex-Officio John S. Cisneros Kusum Patel Jessie Woods **Lifetime Trustee

PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY SOCIETY Mrs. Edwin B. Parker Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. H. M. Garwood Joseph A. Mullen, M.D. Joseph S. Smith Walter H. Walne H. R. Cullen Gen. Maurice Hirsch Charles F. Jones Fayez Sarofim

John T. Cater Richard G. Merrill Ellen Elizardi Kelley John D. Platt E.C. Vandagrift Jr. J. Hugh Roff Jr. Robert M. Hermance Gene McDavid Janice H. Barrow Barry C. Burkholder

Rodney H. Margolis Jeffrey B. Early Michael E. Shannon Ed Wulfe Jesse B. Tutor Robert B. Tudor III Robert A. Peiser Steven P. Mach Janet F. Clark

PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY LEAGUE Miss Ima Hogg Mrs. John F. Grant Mrs. J. R. Parten Mrs. Andrew E. Rutter Mrs. Aubrey Leno Carter Mrs. Stuart Sherar Mrs. Julian Barrows Ms. Hazel Ledbetter Mrs. Albert P. Jones Mrs. Ben A. Calhoun Mrs. James Griffith Lawhon Mrs. Olaf LaCour Olsen Mrs. Ralph Ellis Gunn Mrs. Leon Jaworski Mrs. Garrett R. Tucker Jr. Mrs. M. T. Launius Jr. Mrs. Thompson McCleary Mrs. Theodore W. Cooper Mrs. Allen W. Carruth Mrs. David Hannah Jr.

Mary Louis Kister Mrs. Edward W. Kelley Jr. Mrs. John W. Herndon Mrs. Charles Franzen Mrs. Harold R. DeMoss Jr. Mrs. Edward H. Soderstrom Mrs. Lilly Kucera Andress Ms. Marilou Bonner Mrs. W. Harold Sellers Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mrs. Robert M. Eury Mrs. E. C. Vandagrift Jr. Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Terry Ann Brown Nancy Strohmer Mary Ann McKeithan Ann Cavanaugh Mrs. James A. Shaffer Lucy H. Lewis Catherine McNamara

Shirley McGregor Pearson Paula Jarrett Cora Sue Mach Kathi Rovere Norma Jean Brown Barbara McCelvey Lori Sorcic Jansen Nancy B. Willerson Jane Clark Nancy Littlejohn Donna Shen Dr. Susan Snider Osterberg Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein Vicki West Mrs. Jesse Tutor Darlene Clark Beth Wolff Maureen Higdon Fran Fawcett Peterson

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STAFF

ADMINISTRATIVE SENIOR MANAGEMENT GROUP John Mangum, Executive Director/CEO,

Margaret Alkek Williams Chair Pam Blaine, Chief of Education and Community Engagement Elizabeth S. Condic, Chief Financial Officer Vicky Dominguez, Chief Operating Officer Nancy Giles, Chief Development Officer Gwen Watkins, Chief Marketing Officer

DEVELOPMENT Alex de Aguiar Reuter, Senior Associate,

Endowment & Administration Megan Carrigan, Development Associate, Special Events Timothy Dillow, Director, Corporate Relations Amanda T. Dinitz, Major Gifts Officer Zitlaly Jimenez, Annual Fund Manager Erika Jordan, Director, Individual Giving Elena Klein, Development Ticket Concierge Maddy Morris, Development Associate,

Institutional Giving Katie Salvatore, Development Officer / Board Liaison Martin Schleuse, Senior Manager, Development Communications Samantha Sheats, Major Gifts Officer Ikayani Soemampauw, Development Associate,

Gifts & Records Lena Streetman, Research Analyst Stacey Swift, Director, Special Events Christina Trunzo, Director, Foundation Relations Natalie Wheeler, Development Officer EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Allison Conlan, Director, Education Rovion Reed, Associate Director, Education & Community Engagement FINANCE | ADMINISTRATION | IT | HR Jose Arriaga, IT Associate Kimberly Cegielski, Staff Accountant Richard Jackson, Database Administrator Joel James, Director of Human Resources

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Tanya Lovetro, Director of Budgeting and

Financial Reporting Morgana Rickard, Controller Gabriela Rivera, Senior Accountant Ariela Ventura, Office Manager/Human

Resources Coordinator Lee Whatley, Senior Director, IT and Analytics MARKETING | COMMUNICATIONS | PATRON SERVICES Mark Bailes, Marketing Associate Heather Fails, Manager, Ticketing Database Kathryn Judd, Director, Marketing Yen Le, Junior Graphic Designer Freddie Piegsa, Front of House Coordinator John B. Pollard II, Assistant Manager, Patron Services Vanessa Rivera, Digital Marketing Manager Elizabeth Shackelford, Director of Digital Marketing Eric Skelly, Senior Director, Communications Melissa Taylor, Graphics & Digital Content Manager Paula Wilson, Digital Marketing Coordinator Jenny Zuniga, Director, Patron Services

OPERATIONS | ARTISTIC Lila Atchison, Assistant Orchestra Personnel Manager Carlos Andrés Botero, Musical Ambassador Becky Brown, Director, Operations Luke Bryson, Assistant Librarian Stephanie Calascione, Artistic Operations Manager Michael Gorman, Orchestra Personnel Manager Brian Miller, Chorus Manager Lauren Moore, Associate Director of Digital

Concert Production José Rios, Assistant Stage Manager Lesley Sabol, Director, Popular Programming Brad Sayles, Senior Recording Engineer Stefan Stout, Stage Manager Meredith Williams, Associate Director, Operations Rebecca Zabinski, Director, Artistic Planning

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FEATURED PROGRAM

WONDERFUL WORLD: THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG SONGBOOK Friday

November 5

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall

Saturday

November 6

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall & Livestream

Sunday

November 7

2:30 p.m.

Jones Hall

Steven Reineke, conductor Byron Stripling, trumpet and vocalist

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About the MUSIC Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Songbook •

Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong bought his first instrument—a cornet—for $5 as a child in New Orleans in the 1910s.

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In addition to his wildly successful concert career, Armstrong also appeared frequently on radio, film, and television, starring alongside the likes of Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, and Barbra Streisand.

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Livestream of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by Barbara J. Burger

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong recorded over 40 songs together across three studio albums in the 1950s, becoming two of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th Century.

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Armstrong was nominated for three Grammys during his lifetime, securing one win in 1964 for his performance of Hello, Dolly! He was also awarded a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972.

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Although we regard it as an iconic hit today, "What a Wonderful World" was actually one of Louis Armstrong's less popular tunes when it premiered in 1967. It was not until the track was reissued twenty years later as a part of the 1987 soundtrack to the film Good Morning, Vietnam that the song rose in the Billboard charts and cemented the legacy it enjoys today.

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Armstrong was posthumously inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in 2017.

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Program BIOS Steven Reineke | conductor Steven Reineke has established himself as one of North America’s leading conductors of popular music. In addition to his role as Principal POPS Conductor of the Houston Symphony, this season, he celebrates his 10th anniversary as music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Additionally, he is principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Steven is a frequent guest conductor with The Philadelphia Orchestra and his extensive North American conducting appearances include Atlanta, Cincinnati, Edmonton, San Francisco, and Sarasota.

On stage, he has created programs and collaborated with a range of leading artists from the worlds of hip hop, Broadway, television, and rock, including Common, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Sutton Foster, Megan Hilty, Cheyenne Jackson, Wayne Brady, Peter Frampton, and Ben Folds, among others. In 2017, he was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered leading the National Symphony Orchestra, in a first for the show’s 45-year history, performing live music excerpts between news segments. In 2018, Steven led the same orchestra and hip hop legend Nas performing his seminal album, Illmatic, on PBS’s Great Performances.

As the creator of more than 100 orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Steven’s work has been performed worldwide, and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label. His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Casey at the Bat are performed frequently in North America, including performances by the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare commemorated the Sun Valley Summer Symphony’s pavilion, and his Festival Te Deum and Swan’s Island Sojourn were debuted by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras. His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company and are performed by concert bands worldwide.

A native of Ohio, Steven is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, where he earned Bachelor of Music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition. He lives in New York City with his husband, Eric Gabbard.

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Program BIOS Byron Stripling | trumpet and vocalist With a contagious smile and captivating charm, conductor, trumpet virtuoso, singer, and actor Byron Stripling, has ignited audiences across the globe. In 2020, he was named principal pops conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and his baton has led countless orchestras throughout the United States and Canada. As a soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra, he has performed frequently under the baton of Keith Lockhart, as well as being the featured soloist on the PBS television special, Evening at Pops, with conductors John Williams and Lockhart. Currently, Byron serves as artistic director and conductor of the highly acclaimed Columbus Jazz Orchestra.

Since his Carnegie Hall debut with Skitch Henderson and the New York Pops, Byron has become a pops orchestra favorite, soloing with more than 100 orchestras and festivals around the world.

An accomplished actor and singer, he starred in the lead role of the Broadway bound musical, Satchmo. Many will remember his featured cameo performance in the television movie, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, and his critically acclaimed virtuoso trumpet and riotous comedic performance in the 42nd Street production of From Second Avenue to Broadway.

Viewers have enjoyed his work as soloist on the worldwide telecast of The Grammy Awards and have heard his trumpet and voice on television commercials, TV theme songs, and soundtracks of favorite movies. His prolific recording career includes hundreds of albums with the greatest pop, Broadway, soul, and jazz artists. Byron earned his stripes as lead trumpeter and soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra. He played and recorded extensively with the country’s leading bands.

Devoted to giving back, he supports several philanthropic organizations and shares the power of music through seminars and masterclasses in high schools and universities. He is a favorite guest speaker to groups of all ages.

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FEATURED PROGRAM

HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD PLAYS RAVEL Friday

November 19

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall

Saturday

November 20

8:00 p.m.

Jones Hall & Livestream

Sunday

November 21

2:30 p.m.

Jones Hall

Matthias Pintscher, conductor Hélène Grimaud, piano DEBUSSY

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Ibéria from Images 1. Par les rues et par les chemins (In the Streets and on the Roads): Assez animé 2. Les parfums de la nuit (The Perfumes of the Night): Lent et rêveur— 3. Le matin d’un jour de fête (The Morning of a Festival Day): Dans un rythme de marche lointaine, alerte et joyeuse

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Piano Concerto in G major I. Allegramente II. Adagio assai III. Presto

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Graffiti 1. Palimpsest 2. Notturno urbano 3. Passacaglia

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Rapsodie espagnole I. Prélude à la nuit: Très modéré— II. Malagueña: Assez vif III. Habanera: Assez lent IV. Feria: Assez animé

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About the MUSIC DEBUSSY Ibéria from Images •

Completed in 1908, Claude Debussy's "Ibéria" is the second of three symphonic works included in his Images pour orchestre.

Debussy had initially intended his Images to be scored for two pianos, but decided he required a full orchestra to fully capture the vibrant scenes depicted in the music.

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Like Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole, also featured in this program, “Ibéria” seeks to capture the essence of Spanish life through the vivid orchestral depiction of various imaginary scenes.

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The energetic first movement captures the bustle and activity found in the streets of Spain as experienced by an eager traveler.

The piece begins with the main theme, introduced by the clarinet and accompanied by a lively dance rhythm by the castanets and tambourine. This theme continues to emerge throughout the movement amidst several other melodies, which whirl around the orchestra in imitation of the busy city streets.

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In the second movement, Debussy seeks to depict a nocturnal scene from a fragrant garden in Andalusia. After a gentle introduction by the strings and woodwinds, the oboe introduces the main melody, which unfolds over a delicate orchestral accompaniment. Fragments of the first movement appear in the oboe and trumpet, which slowly fade away amidst the distant chiming of bells.

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The third movement begins without pause, building the delicate texture of the second movement into a robust finale which seeks to capture the joyful chaos of a festival. A series of flourishing melodies in the winds accompany guitar-like rhythms in the strings, invoking previous themes and leading the piece to its sudden, euphoric conclusion.

G R E AT P E R F O R M E R S

Livestream of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by Barbara J. Burger

The Classical Season is endowed by The Wortham Foundation, Inc., in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall Wortham

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About the MUSIC RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major •

Maurice Ravel composed his Piano Concerto in G major over three years, from 1929 to 1931. Ravel had intended to premiere the concerto himself, but due to fatigue and poor health it was instead played by pianist Marguerite Long, to whom the piece was dedicated.

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When writing this piece, Ravel drew inspiration from older, “classic” piano concertos, namely those of Mozart and Saint-Saëns. He was also inspired by jazz music, which he frequently encountered both in Paris and the United States. The jazz influence can be heard in the outer two movements of his concerto.

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Ravel sought to create a “genuine concerto,” which he said should “clearly [highlight] the soloist's virtuosity, without seeking to show profundity.” In keeping with this philosophy, his concerto is lighthearted and highly ornamented, demanding great skill from the performer without seeming too serious or academic.

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The first movement opens with a whip-crack, leading to the lively opening theme. This theme gives way to a second, jazzy melody, which returns throughout the movement. The brilliant, virtuosic activity of the first movement is tempered by the slow and beautiful second movement, which begins without any orchestral accompaniment and whose ceaseless, flowing melody carries the listener to the final movement.

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The shorter finale begins in a similar fashion to the first movement, with energetic interjections by the orchestra and blazing piano passages. A march-like passage with periodic fanfares in the brass and piano lead to the conclusion of the concerto, which ends exactly as it began.

U. CHIN Graffiti •

Unsuk Chin is a South Korean composer who is currently based in Berlin, Germany. Chin taught herself piano and composition at a young age, before studying with Sukhi Kang in Seoul and with György Ligeti in Hamburg.

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Chin’s music has been commissioned and performed by premier orchestras across the globe. In 2007, her first opera, Alice in Wonderland, was premiered in Munich at the opening of the Munich Opera Festival. Her piece Gougalon – Scenes from a Street Theatre, premiered in Berlin in 2009 and has since earned widespread acclaim and been performed worldwide.

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Graffti was composed in 2013 for Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Although it was inspired by the growing street art phenomenon, Graffiti doesn’t seek to capture a single scene or cultural environment. Chin’s primary goal was to compose a piece which was “not restricted as to time or place, and which offers strong contrasts between different modes of expression.”

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About the MUSIC •

In writing about her piece, Chin says that “the musical language of Graffiti shifts between roughness and refinement, complexity and transparency… Graffiti calls for great agility, virtuosity, and constant changes of perspective from the musicians; each instrument is being treated as a soloist."

RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole •

Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole was composed in 1907 and was his first work written specifically for orchestra. It consists of four orchestral sketches, each inspired by a different element of the music and culture of Spain.

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Ravel grew up in the Basque region of northern France, just 11 miles from the Spanish border. His mother spent her childhood in Madrid, and often sang Spanish folk songs to him as a child. As a result, Ravel grew up with a love for Spanish music, which inspired the creation of pieces such as his Rapsodie espagnole.

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The piece begins with the Prélude à la nuit, which is characterized by a mysterious, descending four-note figure that repeats throughout the movement. This gesture returns at the end of the Malagueña, a lively dance based on a fandango originating in southern Spain. The leisurely Habanera, inspired by a Cuban folk dance, is propelled by a repeating rhythm which is heard first in the woodwinds before being passed around the orchestra.

This movement is an adaptation of a piece for two pianos which Ravel wrote in 1895.

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Ravel concludes the piece with the energetic Feria movement, which evokes images of a lively outdoor festival. The movement begins with a lilting melody in the flute which blossoms into a vibrant orchestral dance. The orchestra then gives way to a drooping melody in the English horn, which leads to the four-note gesture from the first movement before building into an exuberant finale.

Program BIOS Matthias Pintscher | conductor Matthias Pintscher is music director of the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the world’s leading contemporary music ensemble. In addition to a robust season in Paris, he tours extensively with the orchestra throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States. This season, he begins a three-season appointment as the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s new creative partner.

Known equally as one of today’s foremost composers, his works are frequently commissioned and performed by major international orchestras.

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Program BIOS to conduct Wozzeck. He debuts with the Oslo Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, and Barcelona Symphony. Return invitations include orchestras of Baltimore, Detroit, and San Diego; New World Symphony in Miami, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. With the Ensemble Intercontemporain, he performs in Paris and Berlin, including a semi-staged multimedia presentation of Olga Neuwirth’s The Outcast, and other commissions.

In 2020, Matthias served as music director of the 74th Ojai Music Festival. Highlights of the 2019-20 season include his debut at the Vienna State Opera conducting the premiere of Neuwirth’s Orlando, and debuts in Montreal, Pittsburgh, Houston, and Baltimore. He conducted the premiere of his new work for baritone, chorus, and orchestra, performed by Georg Nigl and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks at the Musica Viva festival.

Matthias has served as BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s artist-in-association (nine seasons), Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich’s season creative chair, and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s artist-in-residence. An enthusiastic supporter of young musicians, he was principal conductor of the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra and has worked with the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Matthias studied conducting with Pierre Boulez and Peter Eötvös in his early 20s, at a time when composing took a more prominent role in his life. A prolific composer, his music is championed by some of today's finest artists, conductors, and orchestras. He is published exclusively by Bärenreiter, and recordings can be found on Kairos, EMI, Teldec, Wergo, and Winter & Winter. He has been a member of the composition faculty of the Juilliard School since 2014.

Hélène Grimaud | piano Renaissance woman Hélène Grimaud is a deeply passionate and committed pianist, wildlife conservationist, human rights activist, and writer.

Born in 1969 in Aix-en-Provence, she began her piano studies at the local conservatory and was accepted into the Paris Conservatoire at age 13 where she won first prize in piano performance three years later. In 1987, she gave her well-received debut recital in Tokyo. That same year, she performed with Daniel Barenboim and the Orchestre de Paris, marking the launch of her musical career, characterized by concerts with most of the world’s major orchestras and celebrated conductors.

In 1995, she debuted with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Claudio Abbado, and in 1999 with the New York Philharmonic – just two of many notable musical milestones.

Personal milestones mark her establishment of the Wolf Conservation Center to protect the

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Program BIOS endangered species and her membership in Musicians for Human Rights. She has published three books in various languages: Variations Sauvages, Leçons particulières, and Retour à Salem.

It is, however, through her thoughtful and tenderly expressive music-making that Hélène most deeply touches the emotions of audiences. They have enjoyed her concerts worldwide, thanks to the extensive tours she undertakes as a soloist and recitalist. A committed chamber musician, she has also performed at the most prestigious festivals and cultural events with a wide range of musical collaborators. Her prodigious contribution to and impact on the world of classical music were recognized by the French government when she was admitted into the Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur (France’s highest decoration) at the rank of Chevalier (Knight).

Hélène has been an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist since 2002. Her recordings have been critically acclaimed and awarded numerous accolades, among them the Cannes Classical Recording of the Year, Choc du Monde de la musique, Diapason d’or, Grand Prix du disque, Record Academy Prize (Tokyo), Midem Classic Award, and the Echo Klassik Award.

Hélène Grimaud is undoubtedly a multi-faceted artist. Her deep dedication to her musical career, both in performances and recordings, is reflected and reciprocally amplified by the scope and depth of her environmental, literary, and artistic interests.

Alex Luster | filmmaker, Graffiti Alex Luster has a reputation of being a visual storyteller, with more than 25 years of producing award-winning broadcast television programming, corporate videos, and independent films. His documentary Stick 'Em Up! sheds light on Houston's urban art scene. Alex has won a silver PromaxBDA and numerous Lone Star Emmy awards for his work in television, and is repeatedly recognized as one of Houston’s top documentary filmmakers. Alex now co-owns The Storyhive, a video production firm proudly based in Houston's historic East End.

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TCHAIKOVSKY’S SLEEPING BEAUTY Friday

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Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Opus 26 I. Vorspiel: Allegro moderato— II. Adagio III. Finale: Allegro energico

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from Königskinder Concert Overture Introduction to Act II Introduction to Act III Suite from The Sleeping Beauty, Opus 66a I. Introduction, La Fée des lilas: Allegro vivace—Andantino II. Adagio, Pas d’action: Andante—Adagio maestoso IV. Panorama: Andantino V. Valse: Allegro

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About the MUSIC S. MOUSSA Nocturne •

Livestream of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by Barbara J. Burger

Canadian composer and conductor Samy Moussa was born in Montréal in 1984.

Although he currently serves as the Artistin-Residence of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Moussa has spent much of his professional life in Europe, and currently lives in Germany.

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The Classical Season is endowed by The Wortham Foundation, Inc., in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall Wortham

An active conductor, Moussa has led many renowned ensembles, including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Radio Orchestra, and Munich State Opera Orchestra.

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Moussa’s compositional style, though undeniably modern, is rooted in harmony and tonality, and has often been compared to the later works of Wagner and Mahler.

Their influence can be heard in Nocturne, which uses slowly unfolding harmonies in the lowest registers of the orchestra to create an immense and ominous atmosphere.

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Premiered in Montreal in 2015, Nocturne is one of Moussa's most frequently performed works. It was written in 2014 upon a commission from Kent Nagano, the Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera and former director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

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Moussa designed his piece to be “absolute music,” existing outside of any specific program or imagery. Nocturne nonetheless creates a character which is strikingly dark, and uses low, thickly-orchestrated textures to capture this effect. Moments of brightness emerge above these rumbling sonorities through shrill interjections by the high strings and winds, adding to the creeping tension of the piece.

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About the MUSIC BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Opus 26 •

Max Bruch’s first Violin Concerto, composed and premiered in 1866, is by far his most well-known composition, and has become one of the foremost pieces of violin literature due to its lush orchestral writing and virtuosic passages for violin. The concerto was revised and premiered again in 1867 by violinist Joseph Joachim, to whom the piece was dedicated, and whose effusive praise helped launch the concerto into the public eye.

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Despite the massive popularity of his concerto, Bruch earned almost no money from it, having sold the complete rights to it soon after its completion.

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In addition to his prolific career as a composer, Bruch was also an active teacher and conductor, and held numerous musical positions in Berlin and across Germany over the course of his life.

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The concerto begins slowly, with two brief violin cadenzas that introduce the somber, stately first movement. This relatively short first movement acts as a prelude to the much longer second movement, which serves as the main body of the concerto. Here, the violin takes the lead, providing a flowing melody which is supported by the constant underlying motion of the orchestra. The energetic, dancelike finale provides an exciting conclusion to the concerto, with lyrical melodies interspersed between brilliant virtuosic passages. The concerto ends with a blazing accelerando into the final two chords.

HUMPERDINCK Königskinder •

Engelbert Humperdinck was a German composer and teacher as well as an acquaintance and assistant to Richard Wagner. Wagner was an early inspiration to Humperdinck and his influence can be heard throughout much of Humperdinck’s music.

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Much of Humperdinck’s fame rests on the success of his first opera, Hänsel und Gretel, based on the Brothers Grimm fairytale of the same name. Audiences loved the memorable melodies and use of German folk tunes, which have cemented the opera as an all-time classic.

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Königskinder (The King’s Children) was Humperdinck’s second opera, although it had existed as a melodrama since 1898. Like Hansel and Gretel, Königskinder takes a fairytale story and transforms it with grand orchestration and recognizable themes for each character.

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Königskinder was the second opera in history to be premiered by the Metropolitan Opera in New York, making its debut in December of 1910. It was an early success in part due to the anticipation following Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel production, and even outsold Puccini’s Girl of the Golden West, which premiered a few weeks earlier. Despite its promising opening, the opera didn’t remain as popular as its legendary predecessor, although it has since enjoyed renewed interest from opera communities.

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Despite their fairytale origins, the music and libretto of Humperdinck’s Königskinder are much darker than in his first opera. The opera tells the story of two ill-fated children who fall in love, only to be cast out by society and left to die in the cold winter wind. This tragic arc is captured by the music in the introductions to each act.

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The first selection on this program is the prelude, which introduces the opera with a heroic fanfare and soaring melodies in the brass and strings before hinting at the tragedy to come. The introduction to the second is lively and optimistic, and marks a moment of triumph and excitement for the characters of the opera before the tragic arc of the story is fulfilled in Act III. In the final introduction, mournful melodies in the woodwinds weave between anguished interludes in the strings, describing the coldness and isolation that will soon unfold onstage. The piece ends with a moment of tenderness in the horns, representing the end of the ill-fated love between the children.

TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from The Sleeping Beauty •

This orchestral suite is comprised of excerpts from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet, The Sleeping Beauty. Composed in 1889, The Sleeping Beauty was the second of Tchaikovsky’s three ballets. At over three hours in length, it is also his longest.

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Based on the classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty tells the tale of the conflict between the Lilac Fairy and the Wicked Fairy Carabosse, who curses the beautiful Princess Aurora to sleep for 100 years before being awoken by a kiss from Prince Désiré. Tchaikovsky assigned each of these characters their own musical themes, which return throughout the ballet to help convey the drama unfolding onstage.

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Tchaikovsky began working on this ballet upon a commission from the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg, which at the time was the world’s premier ballet company. No expense was spared for the ballet’s 1890 premiere, which was attended by Tsar Alexander III of Russia.

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Despite a lukewarm reception at the premiere, The Sleeping Beauty’s colorful orchestration and beautifully ornamented melodies quickly endeared it to a wide audience, becoming particularly popular with Western audiences. To this day, it remains one of the most timeless ballets in history.

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Program BIOS Symphony, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Warsaw Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Orchestre National de France, and Danish National Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to these concerts, his 2021-22 season includes performances with the New Jersey and Detroit symphony orchestras, as well as two appearances with the Minnesota Orchestra.

Internationally, he appears throughout Europe with the Tonkünstler Orchestra, Malmo Symphony, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, City of Birmingham Symphony, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Dortmund Philharmoniker, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg. In France, he gives concerts with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, and Orchestre National de France, and travels to Australia in 2022 for performances with the Melbourne and West Australian symphonies.

Born in Paris into a family of accomplished musicians, Fabien began studying trumpet at age 6, honing his skills at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, which awarded him a First Prize in trumpet in 1996, and later at the Musik Hochschule of Karlsruhe.

He played in several Parisian orchestras under the direction of prominent conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Sir Colin Davis, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle, and Bernard Haitink.

In 2002, he pursued his interest in conducting at the Aspen Summer Music Festival, where he studied with David Zinman, who invited him to appear as a guest conductor at the Festival in 2009. In 2020, Fabien was awarded the rank of Chevalier (Knight) by the Conseil de l’Ordes des Arts et des Lettres, a recognition given by France’s Ministry of Culture.

Simone Lamsma | violin Hailed for her “brilliant… polished, expressive and intense” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) and “absolutely stunning” (Chicago Tribune) playing, Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma is respected by critics, peers, and audiences as one of classical music’s most striking and captivating musical personalities.

In recent seasons, Simone has performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras. Notable recent or upcoming highlights include concerts with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, Gürzenich Orchester Cologne, Helsinki Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, tours with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, as well as return invitations to the Houston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, and Rotterdam Philharmonic. She is artist in residence with the Residentie Orket in the Hague for the 202122 season and began a three-season residency with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra this year.

Simone regularly performs with such eminent conductors as Jaap van Zweden, Vladimir Jurowski, Karina Canellakis, Kent Nagano, Ed Gardner, Francois Xavier Roth, Gustavo

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Gimeno, John Storgards, James Gaffigan, Omer Meir Wellber, Elim Chan, Mark Wigglesworth, Alexander Shelley, Juraj Valcuha, Andris Poga, Valentina Peleggi, Stanislav Kochanovsky, Michael Francis, Edo de Waart , Marc Albrecht, Jun Märkl, Jonathon Heyward, Yannick Néet-Seguin, Hannu LIntu, Stéphane Denève, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, and JukkaPekka Saraste.

Her most recent recording, featuring Shostakoviich’s first violin concerto and Gubaidulina’s In Tempus praesens with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic under James Gaffigan and Reinbert de Leeuw, was released in 2017 (Challenge Classics) and received high accolades, as did her previous Mendelssohn, Janáček, and Schumann CD with pianist Robert Kulek.

Simone began studying the violin at age 5 and moved to the UK at 11 to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School. She continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she graduated at age 19 with first class honours and several top awards. In 2019, she was named a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London, an honour limited to 300 former Academy students.

Simone plays the “Mlynarski” Stradivarius (1718), on generous loan by an anonymous benefactor.

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Mr. and Mrs. Mark Matovich William D. & Karinne McCullough ** Mr. John McDonald Ernie and Martha McWilliams Larry and Lyn Miller Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Molloy Denise Monteleone Richard & Juliet Moynihan Jo Ann and Marvin Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Richard Murphy Bobbie Newman Kay M. Onstead Macky Osorio Mrs. Dana Puddy Tadd Pullin Clinton and Leigh Rappole Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Reimer Mr. & Mrs. John Ryder Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Sawaya Lawrence P. Schanzmeyer

Nicole & Julian Seiguer Hinda Simon Richard & Mary Spies Georgiana Stanley Elizabeth and Alan Stein Juliana and Stephen Tew Jean and Doug Thomas Sal and Denise Torrisi Patricia Van Allan Dean Walker H. Richard Walton Alton and Carolyn Warren Dr. and Mrs. Richard T. Weiss Dr. Robert Wilkins and Dr. Mary Ann Reynolds-Wilkins ** Ms. Barbara E. Williams Ms. Cynthia Wolff Mr. & Mrs. C. Clifford Wright, Jr. ** Jerry & Gerlind Wolinksy Anonymous (6)

$1,000+ Ms. Jennifer Albanese Joan and Stanford Alexander Maurine Alfrey Jorge Alvarez Mr. Tom Anderson Rick Ankrom Dr. Douglas K. Anthis Sylvia & Edward Arnett John Arnsparger & Susan Weingarten Dr. and Mrs. Roy Aruffo Mr. Wael Asi Mr. Jeff Autor Mr. & Mrs. David M. Balderston Dr. and Mrs. William S. Banks III Mrs. Myra Barber Ms. Phoebe Barnard Deborah Bautch Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Bean Drs. Nancy Glass & John Belmont Mr. & Mrs. Frank R. Benton Dr. Joan H. Bitar Mr. Paul Bitner Jeb & Cynthia Blackwell Mrs. Ginger Blanton Gerald Bodzy George Boerger Ms. Cyndi Bohannon Mr. Russell Boone Mr. Kevin J. Bradford Joe Brazzatti Dr. and Mrs. Larry Brenner Ms. Helen Harding & Dr. Patrick Briggs Mr. Chester Brooke and Dr. Nancy Poindexter

Sally and Laurence Brown Kristen & David Buck Dr. Fred Buckwold Vicki Buxton Mr. Joseph L. Campbell Jr. Dorothy E.F. Caram, Ed.D Mr. & Mrs. Terry Carius Margot & John Cater Mr. F. Martin Caylor Mr. Per Staunstrup Christiansen Mr. and Mrs. William Coates Richard Collins George W. Connelly Ms. Sylvia Lohkamp & Mr. Tucker Caughlen Mr. Carl R. Cunningham Mrs. Rochelle Cyprus Matthew Dangel Douglas Davis Ms. Anna M. Dean Sonya DeLange Joe Dellinger Mr. & Mrs. E. E. Deschner Ms. Irma Diaz-Gonzalez and Mr. Roberto Gonzalez Mr. and Mrs. Jack N. Doherty Mr. and Mrs. James P. Dorn T. Michael Dossey Bob & Mary Doyle Ramsay M. Elder Mr. Stephen Elison Ms. Priscilla Ennis & Mr. Frank Perez Charles & Joyce Ericsson Annette and Knut Eriksen Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Espinosa

** Education and Community Engagement Donor

Dick Evans and Gloria Portela Mr. Paul Fatseas Ms. Marguerite Ference Larry Finger Mrs. Mary Foster-DeSimone & Mr. Don DeSimone Carol and Larry Fradkin Mr. & Mrs. Felix Fraga Elizabeth & Ralph* Frankowski Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Frautschi Ms. Lee Friedman Janet & Mickey Frost Martin Gambling Ms. Leslie Gassner Ms. Lucy Gebhart Thomas & Patricia Geddy Dr. Michael Gillin and Ms. Pamela Newberry Robin & Mark Gladstein Susan and Kevin Golden Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Golden Kathy and Marty Goossen Timothy & Janet Graham Catherine Green Joyce Z. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Gregory Louise Richman & Dennis Griffith Nicholas Gruy Mr. Darrin Davis and Mr. Mario Gudmundsson Ms. Lillian Guo Paul and Suzanne Haines Eric and Angelea Halen Bunny Halvorson Deborah Happ & Richard Rost**

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Mr. and Mrs. Franklin J. Harberg Jr. Claudia & David Hatcher Mr. and Mrs. Quinn J. Hebert Dean & Beth Hennings Eliane Herring and Jim Goltz Judy Herrington Mr. & Mrs. W. Grady Hicks Charles and Jeannette Hight Theresa Hochhalter Susan Hodge & Mike Stocker Mr. Stanley Hoffberger Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hollingsworth Dr. Holly Holmes Dr. Vicki Huff & Dr. Eric Boerwinkle Mr. & Mrs. Matt Hurley Valerie Jalufka Sharon Jamison Ed and Anne Janes Arlene Johnson Ms. Darilyn Jones Mady & Ken Kades ** Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Katz Lynda and Frank Kelly Robin Kesselman Kathryn L. Ketelsen Dr. and Mrs. James Killian Gary and Tempe Kitson Mr. & Mrs. William H. Knull III Marcia & Douglas Koch Mrs. Judy Koehl Stephanie & Ed Larsen Dr. and Mrs. Morton Leonard Jr. Sabria & Kevin Lewis Anne Lineberry Lance Lively Mr. Tony Lutkus Mr. & Mrs. Hubert Magee Nancy Ann Mann Eric Martin Mr. and Mrs. Alan May Jr. Linda and Jim McCartney John McDonald Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Dr. Amy Mehollin-Ray Ms. Miriam Meriwani M.S. Lee David Mincberg & Lainie Gordon Mrs. Jean Mintz Ginni and Richard Mithoff Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Moen Gerry Montalto Michelle Mower Jo Ann and Marvin Mueller Mr. & Mrs. Richard Murphy Daniel & Karol Musher Alan & Elaine Mut Jackie Mutschler

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Leah Patterson and Dick Nagaki Richard & Stella Guerra Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Randolph J. Ney Phong Patrick Nguyen Leslie & John Niemand Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Nocella Eugene Nosal and Nelda Gilliam Ms. Kathryn O'Brien John and Kathy Orton Mr. and Mrs. Marc C. Paige Michael and Ruth Pancherz Nancy Parra George & Elizabeth Passela Kathy Patrick Jason Penner Jesus Alejandro Perez Rementeria Linda Tarpley Peterson Grace and Carroll Phillips Dr. and Mrs. James L. Pool Jenny and Tadjin Popatia Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Powers Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pybus Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Florante Quiocho Dr. Michael and Janet Rasmussen Mrs. Christi Rawls Glenda & David Regenbaum Linda & David Retherford Mrs. Janet Rhodes ** James L. Rice III Brian Rishikof & Elena Lexina Jim & Sue Robertson John & Anna Robertson Linda & James Robin Carolyn Rogan Mrs. Adelina Romero Drs. Alex & Lynn Rosas Rosemarie and Jeff Roth Irving L. Potter Rhonda Routh Mr. Richard Rowell Brenda and Mansel Rubenstein Debbie Brooks Ruffing Ramon and Chula Sanchez Carol and Kamal Sandarusi Mrs. Holly Sansing Gina & Saib Saour ** Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Sawaya Beth & Lee D. Schlanger Martin Schleuse & Mindy Guthrie Mr. Tony W. Schlicht Susan Scruggs Mrs. Lynda G. Seaman Mr. and Mrs. Dilanka Seimon Ms. Heidi Seizinger Victor E. Serrato Mr. & Mrs. Paul Shack Mr. and Mrs. Tom Simms Lisa & Jerry Simon Barbara & Louis Sklar

Emily D. Smith Joel Smith & Tina Lee Lawrence Smith Mrs. Lynn Snyder Sam & Linda Snyder Mr. William T. Snypes and Ms. Suzanne Suter Mr. David Stanard & Ms. Beth Freeman Ms. Claudia Standiford Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Stastny Richard P. Steele and Mary J. McKerall Robert Stephens Kimberly & David Sterling Mr. and Mrs. James R. Stevens Jr. Bill Stevens Meredith & Ralph Stone Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Stuart Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. Tabor Jr. Bradmark Technologies Kerry Taylor Emily H. & David K. Terry Mr. & Mrs. James G. Theus Linda and Paul Thomas Scott Ulrich Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Unger John and Mary Untereker Dr. Brad and Mrs. Frances Urquhart Mr. and Mrs. William Van Wie Hallie A. Vanderhider Mr. Chief Veith Mr. James Walker Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wallace Larry and Connie Wallace Mr. and Mrs. David Walstad Douglas and Carolynne White Ms. Lorri White Sarah Jane & Robert White Sara White Dr. Simon Whitney Carlton Wilde Doug Williams and Janice Robertson Mr. James Winget Jennifer R. Wittman Patricia Wolfe Mr. and Mrs. James W. Woodruff Thomas Yarbrough Dr. & Mrs. Frank S. Yelin Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zabriskie Anonymous (14)

** Education and Community Engagement Donor

Young Associates COUNCIL The Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council (YAC) is a philanthropic membership group for young professionals, music aficionados, and performing arts supporters interested in exploring symphonic music within Houston’s flourishing artistic landscape. YAC members are afforded exclusive opportunities to participate in musically focused events that take place not only in Jones Hall, but also in the city’s most sought-after venues, private homes, and friendly neighborhood hangouts. From behind-the-scenes interactions with the musicians of the Houston Symphony to jaw-dropping private performances by world-class virtuosos, the Houston Symphony’s Young Associates Council offers incomparable insight and accessibility to the music and musicians that are shaping the next era of orchestral music.

Young Associate Premium Christopher P. Armstrong & Laura Schaffer Ann & Jonathan Ayre Lauren & Mark Bahorich Kimberly & James Bell Carrie & Sverre Brandsberg-Dahl Taylor Chambers Denise Davis

Young Associate Laura & William Black Megan E. Brown & John Degenstein Eric Brueggeman Tatiana Chavanelle Eric & Terry Cheyney Parker Cragg Laurel Flores

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$2,500+

Valerie Palmquist Dieterich & Tracy Dieterich Vicky Dominguez Claudio Gutierrez Elaine & Jeff Hiller Carey Kirkpatrick Elissa & Jarrod Martin Kelser McMiller Shane Miller

Emily & Joseph Morrel - Porter Hedges LLP Juliet Moths Toni Oplt & Ed Schneider Justin Stenberg Kusum & K. Cody Patel Liana & Andrew Schwaitzberg Quentin & Aerin Smith Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah

Carolyn & Patrick Gaidos Rebecca & Andrew Gould Ashley & John Horstman Robin Kesselman Kirby & David Lodholz Paul Muri & Stephanie Weber Aprill Nelson Blake Plaster

Nadhisha & Dilanka Seimon Leo Soto Michelle Stair Elise Wagner Genevera Allen & Michael Weylandt Leonard & Kristin Wood

$1,500+

For more information, please contact Katie Salvatore, Development Officer/Board Liaison at katie.salvatore@houstonsymphony.org, 713.337.8544

The Houston Symphony’s Principal Corporate Sponsor is a landmark Houston institution, Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods. Through the Spec’s Charitable Foundation, the company supports the Symphony in a variety of ways—through the annual Wine Dinner and Collector’s Auction, the Salute to Educators Concert, and the company’s own fundraising event, Vintage Virtuoso. In total, they have contributed more than $3 million to the Symphony since 1996.

With 190 stores throughout Texas and over 3,600 employees, Spec’s is a true family business, run by President John Rydman—also the President of the Houston Symphony’s Board of Trustees—and his wife Lindy. Their daughter Lisa works with Spec's as Director of Marketing and Corporate Giving.

Spec’s is known for its personal touch in many areas: selecting products for its shelves, cultivating a sense of family among its employees, providing guidance and personal service to its customers, and giving back to the communities it serves.

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Corporate, Foundation, & Government PARTNERS The Houston Symphony is proud to recognize the leadership support of our corporate, foundation, and government partners that allow the orchestra to reach new heights in musical performance, education, and community engagement, for Greater Houston and the Gulf Coast Region.

CORPORATE PARTNERS Principal Corporate Guarantor  $250,000 and above Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods / Spec’s Charitable Foundation* ** Grand Guarantor  $150,000 and above ConocoPhillips** Houston Public Media— News 88.7 FM; Channel 8 PBS* KTRK ABC-13* Phillips 66** Guarantor  $100,000 and above Houston Methodist* Kalsi Engineering PaperCity* Tenenbaum Jewelers* United Airlines* Underwriter  $50,000 and above Baker Botts L.L.P.* Bank of America BB&T Now Truist Cameron Management* Chevron** CKP Group* ENGIE** Frost Bank Houston Baptist University Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo** Kinder Morgan Foundation** Kirkland & Ellis The Lancaster Hotel* Occidental** PNC** Rand Group, LLC*

(as of October 1, 2021)

Shell Oil Company** Vinson & Elkins LLP

Silver Eagle Distributors* Zenfilm*

Sponsor  $25,000 and above EOG Resources The Events Company* H-E-B/H-E-B Tournament of Champions** Marine Foods Express, Ltd. Neiman Marcus* One Market Square Garage* Perry Homes Sidley Austin LLP SPIR STAR, Ltd. The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Wells Fargo Univision Houston & Amor 106.5FM

Benefactor  $5,000 and above Bank of Texas Barclay’s Wealth and Investment Management Beck Redden LLP The Master Caregiver Company Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. University of Houston University of St. Thomas* Wortham Insurance and Risk Management

Partner  $15,000 and above City Kitchen* Glazier’s Distributors* Gorman’s Uniform Service Jackson and Company* Locke Lord LLP Lockton Companies of Houston USI Southwest

Patron  Gifts below $5,000 Amazon Baker Hughes Beth Wolff Realtors Christian Dior Gulf Coast Distillers * Mercantil ONEOK, Inc. Quantum Bass Center* SEI, Global Institutional Group Smith, Graham & Company Stewart Title Company TAM International, Inc.

* Includes in-kind support **Education and Community Supporter Engagement Support  $10,000 and above Houston First Corporation* Macy’s** Mark Kamin & Associates New Timmy Chan Corporation Nordstrom** Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P. Quantum Energy Partners

For information on becoming a corporate partner, please contact Timothy Dillow, Director, Corporate Relations, at timothy.dillow@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8538.

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FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (as of October 1, 2021) Diamond Guarantor  $1,000,000 and above The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts Houston Symphony Endowment** Houston Symphony League The Wortham Foundation, Inc. Premier Guarantor  $500,000 and above The Alkek and Williams Foundation City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance The Cullen Foundation The C. Howard Pieper Foundation The Humphreys Foundation Grand Guarantor  $150,000 and above City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board** The Hearst Foundation** The Jerry C. Dearing Family Foundation** MD Anderson Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts** Guarantor  $100,000 and above The Elkins Foundation The Houston Arts Combined Endowment Fund

Underwriter  $50,000 and above Beauchamp Foundation The Fondren Foundation Houston Symphony Chorus Endowment LTR Lewis Cloverdale Foundation John P. McGovern Foundation** The Powell Foundation** The Robbins Foundation**

William E. & Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Foundation** The Hood-Barrow Foundation Houston Symphony League Bay Area** The Schissler Foundation The Vaughn Foundation

Sponsor  $25,000 and above The Martine and Dan Drackett Family Foundation Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation William S. and Lora Jean Kilroy Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Vivian L. Smith Foundation** The William Stamps Farish Fund Partner  $15,000 and above Edward H. Andrews Foundation Ruth & Ted Bauer Family Foundation** Barbara Bush Literacy Foundation** The Melbern G. & Susanne M. Glasscock Foundation**

Supporter  $10,000 and above Edward H. Andrews Foundation The Carleen & Alde Fridge Foundation George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation Petrello Family Foundation The Pierce Runnells Foundation Radoff Family Foundation Sterling-Turner Foundation Anonymous Benefactor  $5,000 and above Keith & Mattie Stevenson Foundation Strake Foundation** Patron  Gifts below $5,000 Leon Jaworski Foundation The Lubrizol Foundation The Scurlock Foundation **Education and Community Engagement Support

For information about becoming a foundation or government partner, please contact Christina Trunzo, Director, Foundation Relations, at christina.trunzo@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8530.

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Legacy SOCIETY The Legacy Society honors those who have included the Houston Symphony Endowment in their long-term estate plans through a bequest in a will, life-income gifts, or other deferred-giving arrangements.

CRESCENDO CIRCLE $100,000 + Dr. & Mrs. George J. Abdo Priscilla R. Angly Jonathan & Ann Ayre Janice Barrow Jim Barton James Bell Joe Anne Berwick* James & S. Dale Brannon Walter & Nancy Bratic Joe Brazzatti Terry Ann Brown Mary Kathryn Campion & Stephen Liston Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Janet F. Clark Virginia A. Clark Mr. William E. Colburn Mario Gudmundsson Harrison R.T. Davis Andria N. Elkins Jean & Jack* Ellis The Aubrey & Sylvia Farb Family

Eugene Fong Mrs. Aggie L. Foster Michael B. George Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Evan B. Glick Jo A. & Billie Jo Graves Deborah Happ & Richard Rost Jacquelyn Harrison & Thomas Damgaard Marilyn & Bob Hermance Dr. Rita Justice Dr. James E. & Betty W. Key Mr. & Mrs. U. J. LeGrange Joella & Steven P. Mach Michelle & Jack Matzer Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Bill & Karinne McCullough Muffy & Mike McLanahan Dr. Georgette M. Michko Dr. Robert M. Mihalo* Mr. & Mrs. Marvin H. Mueller Drs. John & Dorothy Oehler

Gloria G. Pryzant Evie Ronald* Donna Scott Charles & Andrea Seay Michael J. Shawiak Jule* & Albert* Smith Miles. O. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Snyder Mr. Rex Spikes Mike & Anita* Stude Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Elba L. Villarreal Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Robert G. Weiner Vicki West in honor of Hans Graf Susan Gail Wood Jo Dee Wright Ellen A. Yarrell Anonymous (1)

Farida Abjani Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Aron Myra W. Barber Daniel B. Barnum George* & Betty Bashen Dr. Joan Hacken Bitar Dorothy B. Black Kerry Levine Bollmann Ermy Borlenghi Bonfield Zu Broadwater Mr. Christopher & Mrs. Erin Brunner Eugene R. Bruns Cheryl & Sam* Byington Sylvia J. Carroll Dr. Robert N. Chanon William J. Clayton & Margaret A. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Byron Cooley The Honorable* & Mrs. William Crassas Dr. Lida S. Dahm Leslie Barry Davidson Judge* & Mrs.* Harold DeMoss Jr. Susan Feickert Ginny Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Gendel Mauro H. Gimenez & Connie A. Coulomb Bill Grieves

Mr. Robert M. Griswold Randolph Lee Groninger Claudio J. Gutierrez Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hamaker Mrs. Gloria Herman Timothy Hogan & Elaine Anthony Dr. Gary L. Hollingsworth Dr. Edward J. & Mrs. Patti Hurwitz Dr. Kenneth Hyde Brian & Catherine James Barbara & Raymond Kalmans Dr. & Mrs. Ira Kaufman, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk Enid Knobler* Mrs. Frances E. Leland Samuel J. Levine Mrs. Lucy Lewis Sandra Magers David Ray Malone & David J. Sloat Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Jay & Shirley* Marks James G. Matthews Mary Ann & David McKeithan Dr. Tracey Samuels & Mr. Robert McNamara Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradley McWilliams Catherine Jane Merchant

Marilyn Ross Miles & Stephen Warren Miles Foundation Sidney & Ione Moran Richard & Juliet Moynihan Gretchen Ann Myers Patience Myers John N. Neighbors*, in memory of Jean Marie Neighbors Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Nelson Bobbie Newman John & Leslie Niemand Leslie Nossaman Dave G. Nussmann* John Onstott Macky Osorio Edward C. Osterberg Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edmund & Megan Pantuliano Imogen “Immy” Papadopoulos Christine & Red Pastorek Peter* & Nina Peropoulos Linda Tarpley Peterson Sara M. Peterson Darla Powell Phillips Jenny & Tadjin Popatia Geraldine Smith Priest Dana Puddy Patrick T. Quinn Lila Rauch Ed & Janet Rinehart Mr. Floyd W. Robinson

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Walter Ross Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Dr. & Mrs. Kazuo Shimada Lisa & Jerry Simon Tad & Suzanne Smith Sherry Snyder Marie Speziale Emily H. & David K. Terry Stephen G. Tipps

Steve Tostengard, in memory of Ardyce Tostengard Jana Vander Lee Bill & Agnete Vaughan Dean B. Walker Stephen & Kristine Wallace Geoffrey Westergaard Nancy B. Willerson Jennifer R. Wittman

Lorraine & Ed* Wulfe David & Tara Wuthrich Katherine & Mark Yzaguirre Edith & Robert Zinn Anonymous (6) *Deceased

If you are interested in learning more about joining the Legacy Society by making the Houston Symphony part of your estate plans, please contact Alex de Aguiar Reuter, Senior Associate, Endowment & Administration, at alex.reuter@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8532.

MUSICIAN SPONSORSHIPS Donors at the Sponsorship Circle level and above are provided the opportunity to be recognized as sponsoring a Houston Symphony Musician. For more information, please contact Samantha Sheats, Major Gifts Officer, at samantha.sheats@houstonsymphony.org or 713.337.8534.

Janice Barrow Sophia Silivos, First Violin

Michael H. Clark & Sallie Morian George W. Pascal, Gary & Marian Beauchamp/The Assistant Principal Viola Beauchamp Foundation Martha Chapman, Roger & Debby Cutler Second Violin Tong Yan, First Violin

Dr. & Mrs. I. Ray Kirk John C. Parker, Associate Principal Trumpet

Nancy & Walter Bratic Joan and Bob Duff Christopher Neal, First Violin Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Horn Mr. Gordon J. Brodfuehrer Maki Kubota, Cello The Ensell Family Donald Howey, Double Bass Ralph Burch Robin Kesselman, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Gangelhoff Principal Double Bass Judy Dines, Flute

Rochelle & Max Levit Sergei Galperin, First Violin

Barbara J. Burger Stephen & Mariglyn Glenn Andrew Pedersen, Double Bass Christian Schubert, Clarinet

Mrs. Carolyn & Dr. Michael Mann Ian Mayton, Horn

Mary Kathryn Campion, PhD Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin

Evan B. Glick Tong Yan, First Violin

Drs. Dennis & Susan Carlyle Louis-Marie Fardet, Cello

Mr. & Mrs. Fred L. Gorman Christopher French, Associate Principal Cello

Jane Cizik Qi Ming, Assistant Concertmaster Janet F. Clark MuChen Hsieh, Principal Second Violin

Gary L. Hollingsworth & Kenneth J. Hyde Robert Walp, Assistant Principal Trumpet Drs. M.S. & Marie-Luise Kalsi Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster

Virginia A. Clark Julia Churchill, Violin – Joan Kaplan Shepherd School-Houston Mark Nuccio, Principal Symphony Brown Foundation Clarinet Community-Embedded Dr. Sippi and Mr. Ajay Khurana Musician Fellow David Connor, Double Bass – Community-Embedded Musician

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Dr. William and Alice Kopp Leonardo Soto, Principal Timpani

Cora Sue & Harry Mach Joan DerHovsepian, Acting Principal Viola Joella & Steven P. Mach Eric Larson, Double Bass

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney H. Margolis Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Marks Brian Del Signore, Principal Percussion Mr. Jay Marks Sergei Galperin, First Violin Michelle & Jack Matzer Kurt Johnson, First Violin Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm L. Mazow Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Barbara & Pat McCelvey Adam Dinitz, English Horn Muffy and Mike McLanahan William VerMeulen, Principal Horn

Martha & Marvin McMurrey Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Rita & Paul Morico Elise Wagner, Bassoon Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Nelson Mihaela Frusina, Second Violin Scott & Judy Nyquist Sheldon Person, Viola Dr. Susan Osterberg and Mr. Edward C. Osterberg, Jr. MiHee Chung, First Violin Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan E. Parker Nancy Goodearl, Horn Gloria & Joe Pryzant Matthew Strauss, Percussion Jean & Allan Quiat Phillip Freeman, Bass Trombone

Mr. Glen A. Rosenbaum Aralee Dorough, Principal Flute

Judith Vincent Matthew Roitstein, Associate Principal Flute

Linda & Jerry Rubenstein Brian Del Signore, Principal Percussion

Margaret Waisman, M.D. & Steven S. Callahan, Ph.D. Mark Griffith, Percussion

John & Lindy Rydman / Spec’s Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods Anthony Kitai, Cello

Stephen & Kristine Wallace Rian Craypo, Principal Bassoon

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Shaffer Eric Halen, Co-Concertmaster Margaret & Joel Shannon Rainel Joubert, Violin – Community-Embedded Musician Tad & Suzanne Smith Marina Brubaker, First Violin

Ron & Demi Rand Annie Chen, Second Violin

Alana R. Spiwak & Sam L. Stolbun Wei Jiang, Acting Associate Principal Viola

Lila Rauch Christopher French, Associate Principal Cello

Mike Stude Brinton Averil Smith, Principal Cello

Mrs. Sybil F. Roos Mark Hughes, Principal Trumpet

Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Bradley White, ActingPrincipal Trombone

Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Weber Megan Conley, Principal Harp Robert G. Weiner & Toni Blankman Anastasia Erhlich, Second Violin Vicki West Rodica Gonzalez, First Violin Steven & Nancy Williams MiHee Chung, First Violin Jeanie Kilroy Wilson & Wallace S. Wilson Xiao Wong, Cello Bequest from the Estate of Ed Wulfe Dave Kirk, Principal Tuba Nina & Michael Zilkha Kurt Johnson, First Violin

Mr. & Mrs. Jesse B. Tutor Daniel Strba, Viola

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Join Us! Making a donation to the Houston Symphony Annual Fund connects donors to the production and presentation of concerts, music education programs for students, family programming, and initiatives that serve people across our community.

Donors see their contributions come to life each time they are in Jones Hall or when watching a concert from their home.

Support from the community is the lifeblood of our organization. Be a part of the Houston Symphony family and keep the music playing!

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Enhance your concert experience as a donor to the Houston Symphony Annual Fund!

Houston Symphony donors enjoy exclusive benefits in appreciation for their generous support. Join one of our donor groups today and you can enjoy these benefits, too!

• Complimentary beverages in the Virtuoso Lounge or the VIP Green Room before concerts and during intermission • Valet parking and drink coupons • Private receptions with orchestra members and guest artists Supporting the Houston Symphony brings you closer to the music you love.

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